Actually ... my crystal ball say, that's the point of the kyuubifying thing - it's the result of pushing his lone wolf, make-myself-incredible-and-do-it-all strategy taken to the ultimate extent... when the repeating message of Naruto is that the ultimate power is teamwork, even at the simplest level of one member being a distraction while another recovers, or sets up the final blow. The fact that Kishimoto is getting more and more spotty about it himself is annoying but ultimately immaterial - that message in one form or anoter is hammered on by every white-hat voice of authority from Iruka to Yamato.
Now, Naruto's individual ability is *hosed* and by his own hand. He's already seen the solution a couple of times - let his team mates do their thing in the forest with more or less background support, worry about going solo when the test conditions become solo fights - and he's seen that he can give each of his freinds at least a small edge in only the time before the second test... and along the w
y, found out the best way to teach them something in that limited time, or warn them, or just give them a boost in confidence., and he'd already run up against the wall of what he could do to increase his individual (and dividual, if you consider his Kage Bunshin) ability to gain power during the loop...
So, the bottom line: I expect the eventual victory condition will be to regain enough control to crank out mass quantities of bunshin, then use them to befreind the Sand trio, teach Tenten kibakufuda and kagebunshin, give Hinnata the ultimate morale-boosting date, etc., ... but first to figure out some way to work with his own team mates again and do the same for them, as well. That'll be the real challenge, when he's gone so far in hating them. Maybe it'll even prove impossible after building up his resentment so much, and with their exaggerated character flaws. That would be a shame, because I kind of like post-Exam Sakura at least, and don't actively hate Sasuke until he decides to defect.
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
Now, Naruto's individual ability is *hosed* and by his own hand. He's already seen the solution a couple of times - let his team mates do their thing in the forest with more or less background support, worry about going solo when the test conditions become solo fights - and he's seen that he can give each of his freinds at least a small edge in only the time before the second test... and along the w
y, found out the best way to teach them something in that limited time, or warn them, or just give them a boost in confidence., and he'd already run up against the wall of what he could do to increase his individual (and dividual, if you consider his Kage Bunshin) ability to gain power during the loop...
So, the bottom line: I expect the eventual victory condition will be to regain enough control to crank out mass quantities of bunshin, then use them to befreind the Sand trio, teach Tenten kibakufuda and kagebunshin, give Hinnata the ultimate morale-boosting date, etc., ... but first to figure out some way to work with his own team mates again and do the same for them, as well. That'll be the real challenge, when he's gone so far in hating them. Maybe it'll even prove impossible after building up his resentment so much, and with their exaggerated character flaws. That would be a shame, because I kind of like post-Exam Sakura at least, and don't actively hate Sasuke until he decides to defect.
- CD
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows